COMMERCIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 319, 26 October 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

FREEMAN R. JACKSON AND CO., LTD., STOCK REPORT.

At our Wanganui sale on the 20th inst., we yarded 400 cattle, 1800 sheep, and 70 pigs. We had a good attendance of buyers. Bidding for both cattle and sheep was spirited, and we report a total clearance. Pigs sold at late rates.

At Waverley sale on Friday, 22nd inst., we yarded 300 cattle and 200 sheep. The attendance was good, and everything yarded was quitted at prices in favour of vendors. We quote: * At Wanganui: Fat bullocks, £l7; fat cows, £lO to £11; light fat heifers, £7 11/ to £7 13/; light cows, £8; store cows, £5 7/6 to £5 10/; medium do.. £4 2/; fresh cows, £6 10/; to £6 18/; store heifers, £0 12/; cow s and calves, £5 17/6 to £6 10/; fat and forwafd cows, £7 10.-; Swear steers, £95/; cows and calves (small), £5 5/; 21-year steers, £6 15/; 2-year Iheifers, £3 14/ to £3 19/; do. (good), £4 4/; yearling steers, £3 5/ to £3 11/; heifers, £2 15/; mixed yearlings, £2 19/; springing heifers, £5 5/ to £5 10/; backward do., £3 15/ to £4 5/; good springing heifers, £7 2/6; best bulls, £lO 7/6 to £ll 12/6; others, £6 5/ to £8; vealers, 23/. Mixed hoggets 22/11 to 24/2; medium ditto 21/; 4 and 6-tooth wethers 30/; 4 and 6-tooth ewes 26/6; empty ewe s 24/6 to 27/6; store wethers 25/; ewes and lambs 32/; poor ditto 25/; fat shorn ewes 24/. Pigs: Heavy porkers £2 to £2 10/; good porkers 33/ to 39/6; medium do., 28/6 to 30/; others 23/ to 25/; weaners, good, 15/ to 17/; medium do., 12/ ot 13/9. At Waverley.—Shorn mixed hoggets 19/; woolly hoggets 20/ to 22/; porkers 20/ to 23/; weaners 8/6; fat cows £lO 17/; forward cows £6 5/ to £6 16/; fat and forward do. £8 5/; store cows £5 5/ to £5 10/; 2-iyear heifers £4 to £4 10/6; 2-year steers £6 5/ to £6 13/6; 15 to 18-montjh steers £3 18/6; 3-year steers £8 17/ to £9 10/; fresh 3-year steers £lO 2/; 2% year steers £7 15/; yearling steers £2 18/6 to £3 12/; medium do,, £2 to £2 3/; empty heifer s £5 17/ to £6 19/6; springing heifers (good) £9 10/; medium do. £5 10/ to £6 10/; yearling heifers (small) 30/ to £2 1/; Shorthorn 2-year bull £l4 17/6; Holstein bulls £lO/10/ to £l2; Jersey do., £7 7/6; yearling bulls £4 10/ to £6 10/,